Cleary supports minor hockey players

Minor hockey players in Newfoundland and Labrador entering
Memorial University can now apply for a Daniel Cleary Entrance
Scholarship of at least $1,000. Daniel Cleary, a native of Harbour
Grace, played with the Detroit Red Wings this year when they won
the Stanley Cup. He is the first resident of the province to have
played on a Stanley Cup winning team.

In June and July, while touring the province with the Stanley
Cup, Mr. Cleary worked with Bay Roberts lawyer and former Board of
Regents member Douglas Moores to raise $20,000 from proceeds of an
event at the Fluvarium where donors had their photo taken with Mr.
Cleary and the Cup and bought Red Wing souvenir merchandise. The
fund is now fully endowed.

“Even though I didn’t attend university, I am proud
to have been able to use my time to raise these funds to provide
young men and women with an opportunity to go to Memorial
University,” said Mr. Cleary. “I am a big believer in
post-secondary education, and I am really grateful to the people
who supported this cause.”

Interested students can contact Memorial University through
www.mun.ca/scholarships.

The scholarship is available to male and female students in any
full-time program of study at the university who played the highest
level of minor hockey available in their graduating year of high
school and have academic merit.